Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more ...

With the death of Pope Francis, the position of the Bishop of Rome and the head of the worldwide Catholic Church stands empty.

I don’t know if they’re looking for conservative, liberal, progressive, traditional, fat or thin.. I think they’re just ...

One of the UK’s most senior Catholic leaders has called on people to pray for himself and other cardinals as they embark on the secret voting process to elect a new pope.

There has been a growing coalescence around the idea Pope Francis's work to shake up the workings of the Church should be built on - but some of his critics are not convinced.